Born in Frankfurt in 1969, Steffen Appel has collaborated with numerous directors and producers of the James Bond films of the last 57 years, among other filmmakers. He is the owner of an important archive of film-related photography, props and other materials, including an Aston Martin DB5 in silver birch (not unlike James Bond’s own). Appel has contributed to various books and in 2015 was part of the production crew for the twenty-fourth James Bond film Spectre.